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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “entertainment” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

26 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
entertainment156305(None) 
entertainments1672451entertainments
entrainment1356622ent_r_ainment
ascertainment1761883ascertainment
entertained1245173entertain_e_d
entertainer1154483entertain_e_r
entertainers1253663entertain_ers
entertaining1354383entertain_ing
entrainments1465453ent_r_ainments
intertwinement1961933intertwinement
ascertainments1861744ascertainments
attainment1255014_at__tainment
detainment1377144__de_tainment
detrainment1495384det_r_ainment
edutainment1452584e__dutainment
enchainment1854124en__chainment
entailment1247654en___tailment
entertain947864entertai___n_
entertains1047624entertai___ns
enthrallment1752844enthr_allment
entrapment1447884ent_r_a_pment
entreatment13115644ent_rea_tment
infotainment1762204in_fotainment
interlacement1753484interlacement
internment12412254inter___nment
intertwinements2071534intertwinements

Search took 6 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691950240.356501941.0
2DLD Change Limit95024264.84619608.7
3Display Results26260.0132000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691265.21534264.8
 
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